Esperanza Rising Ch.11-13

Which scenario shows why the workers are afraid of the strikers?

• "The strike continued for days."

• "Esperanza heard a terrible scream from one of the women."

• "When a guard wasn't looking, one of the strikers picked up a rock and threw it at the woman, barely missing her head."

• "The strikers stayed near the road."

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When immigration officials are taking people away on buses, the author writes, "Esperanza and the other women watched the despondent faces in the bus windows disappear." What does the word "despondent" mean?

• feeling hopeless

• feeling sick

• dirty and tired

• people who go on strike

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Why does Esperanza feel sorry for the strikers who are being arrested by the immigration officials?

• They never arrested the person who threw the rock.

• Some of the people being forced to leave are Isabel's friends.

• Even some people who are US citizens are being unfairly kicked out of the country.

• None of them will ever see their families again.

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What did Esperanza do to help Marta?

• She gave her money

• She gave her a weapon

• She did not help her. She told the police.

• She gave her an apron, a bundle of asparagus, and burlap sacks

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Why is Miguel forced to dig ditches for the railroad?

• He got tired of working on the train engines.

• He realized he could make more money digging ditches

• A group of workers from Oklahoma were more skilled than Miguel, so the company gave them his job.

• A group of workers from Oklahoma said they would work for half the money than Miguel received, so the company gave them the job.

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What is one reason Esperanza gives Isabel the doll?

• It is getting too dirty.

• She wants to give Isabel something that will last a long time to show her that being Queen of the May would only last one day.

• Before he died, Esperanza's father told her to give it to a friend that she would make in America.

• Esperanza tells Isabel to give it to someone at school tomorrow.

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What did Esperanza discover when she went to show Mama her money orders?

• There were rats in her valise.

• All of her money orders were gone.

• Someone had placed more money orders in her valise.

• She found a pile of Papa's roses in her valise.

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At the beginning of the chapter when the women see Alfonso near their sheds, why does Esperanza think something is wrong?

• Alfonso is yelling at the supervisors

• Alfonso had been talking about striking, so they thought he was in trouble.

• She could hear him saying that the babies were very sick and needed the women to help.

• Alfonso never left the fields during the day, so Esperanza worried that he was coming with bad news about Mama's health.

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Why did Miguel take Esperanza's money orders?

• He took them to the hospital to pay Mama's medical bills.

• He took them to Aguascalientes and gave the money to Tio Luis so he would let Abuelita travel to California.

• He wanted to find a job at another railroad company.

• He needed the money to help sneak Abuelita out of Aguascalientes and help her travel to California.

What sentence best describes the joy that Mama feels when she first sees Abuelita?

• "Abuelita and Mama uttered no words that anyone could understand. It was their own language of happy emotions."

• "Mama scooted over and make Abuelita sit next to her."

• "Then Mama lifted her hand and reached to touch her mother's face."

• "Esperanza watched them cry."

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